26 Agustus 2009

South Korea Starts Red Shark Torpedo Production

26 August 2009Red Shark is a long-range ship-to-submarine light torpedoes that can travel about 20 kilometers in the air before dropping into waters to track and destroy targets. (image : Militaryphotos)

South Korea has begun production of 70 Hongsangeo anti-submarine light torpedoes (Red Sharks) for use on some of its newest destroyers.

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Its kinda weird, that you've put the pic of Italian's WASS Blackshark torpedoes for this news, as it is NOT related to South Koreans at all. The Red Shark is not what we call as a conventional torpedo system, instead its a vertically launch anti-submarine missile-torpedoes. The Red Shark system is launch from a ship's VLS, and carries with it the K745 lightweight Blue Shark conventional torpedo.

It will releases the torpedo once its near the target (like a VL-ASROC), during the flight path. The Blackshark on the other hand, is a pure conventional torpedo, already inducted into the SEA region by both Malaysian & Singaporean navies.